How much do private coaches help the student?

NJTheatreMOM
Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:11:23 +0000

That’s wonderful that your son received great feedback and suggestions during Unifieds, bazaarshopper. I’d say it’s far from common. Many auditions are pretty cut and dried.

Sometimes the student knows whether or not they need coaching. My son had only limited, patchy training and experience. He knew he needed coaching

Others might honestly not know whether they need coaching or not. One thing that some students do is apply to only a few schools and see how it goes. If they don’t get in anywhere, they take a gap year and then reapply, after obtaining some more training (and possibly coaching). There have been a number of stories in the forum about kids who have reapplied to schools after a gap year and been accepted at great programs.